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[Fran Connor]

Hi, I'm Fran Connor, a British novelist living in SW France. It rains less here!

I have three novels published and one series of novellas. They can be seen on my Amazon author page.
http://www.amazon.com/Fran-Connor/e/B00EIIEUE2/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1449772749&sr=1-1

I write in several genres but try not to in the same novel. It may be a thriller as in Someone To Watch Over Me, or a Fantasy as in The Devil's Bridge. I tend to have a strong romance at the core.

The reason for joining this site is to exchange ideas with fellow scribes.

 

[Chase Gamwell]

Welcome!

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Welcome, there are a diverse range of people (and places) here. Some of us are also perfectly sane, just don't tell them!

 

[Stephen Drake]

Welcome! I guess that would depend on your definition of 'sane' @Alistair Roberts .

 

[Carol Rose]

Welcome!

 

[KG Christopher]

Welcome Fran, I am near Geneva, where are you?

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Wow, so many new faces appearing here! We must be doing something good

Welcome dear Fran, you'll find us a lively bunch of allsorts but we mean well

 

[Robinne Weiss]

Welcome!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Welcome Fran! Congratulations on your success thus far, and thank you for joining us! I really look forward to interacting with you, learning from you, and learning from you all I can.

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Welcome, Fran!

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome Fran, I am near Geneva, where are you?

Hi KG,

I'm an hour north of Toulouse and about two hours south east of Bordeaux. It's mainly fruit that's grown around here though most farmers have their own vineyards and make local wine. It's quiet. I have a neighbour three hundred metres down the road and another three hundred up the road. I love it here in France. I was in Hampshire before that for thirty years and I grew up in Lancashire (Rochdale) so you can guess why I moved to Hampshire! Good luck with your projects. Fran

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome Fran! Congratulations on your success thus far, and thank you for joining us! I really look forward to interacting with you, learning from you, and learning from you all I can.

Hi Jason, I'm not sure you can learn much from me. I'm no expert. But what little experience I have gleaned from this writing lark I am always happy to share. Good luck with your writing. Fran

 

[Fran Connor]

Hi Nicole, thanks for the welcome. I like your website. Very professional. Good luck with your work. Fran

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome!

Hi Chase, thanks for the welcome. Your Space Vikings idea sounds like fun. Good luck with it. If you have been following the BBC series based on Bernard Cornwell's series of novels 'The Last Kingdom' you can get some great ideas for the culture even if it is set in the future and another world. OK they're Danes in the series but the same difference! Regards Fran

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome, there are a diverse range of people (and places) here. Some of us are also perfectly sane, just don't tell them!

Hi Alistair, thanks for the welcome. I saw the diversity when I looked up the people who responded to my post. I think I shall enjoy being on this site. It seems more in tune than Linkedin. Regards Fran

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome! I guess that would depend on your definition of 'sane' @Alistair Roberts .

Hi Stephen, thanks for the welcome. I think you have to be slightly insane to be a writer. We live in a parallel universe with all sorts of strange people and beings. Good luck with your projects. Fran

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome!

Hi Carol, you have seventy five publications! Wow. I think you must be doing something right. Thanks for the welcome. Good luck with the next seventy five.

 

[Fran Connor]

Wow, so many new faces appearing here! We must be doing something good

Welcome dear Fran, you'll find us a lively bunch of allsorts but we mean well

Hi Jennifer, Thanks for the welcome. I like the sound of your 'Mortal Orphan'. Good luck with it. Fran

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome!

Hi Robinne, thanks for the welcome. Looks like you are just going into the summer down in NZ. Up here in France we are going into winter. No prizes for guessing which we in the northern latitudes prefer. Anyway it gives me the excuse to lock myself away in my garret with the fingerless gloves and work on my novels. Good luck with your projects. Fran

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Welcome to the Colony, Fran. I lived in Hampshire for a few years—Andover and Portsmouth.

 

[Carol Rose]

Hi Carol, you have seventy five publications! Wow. I think you must be doing something right. Thanks for the welcome. Good luck with the next seventy five.

Thanks!

 

[Nicole Wilson]

Hi Nicole, thanks for the welcome. I like your website. Very professional. Good luck with your work. Fran

Thanks!

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome to the Colony, Fran. I lived in Hampshire for a few years—Andover and Portsmouth.

Hi Paul, before I moved to France I worked in Andover from 95-2001. I worked in Portsmouth from 83-88. I lived in Petersfield for a long time and I set my historical romance/action adventure series, Elbourne House, there but renamed it Martinsfield hoping that I wouldn't get taken to task by any pedant if I juggled around with the geography. Whybrow is an unusual name so I'm assuming that the Paul Whybrow on Amazon with a lot of publications is you. If so, well done, you are certainly prolific. Good luck with your future projects. Regards Fran

 

[Lex Black]

Welcome to the Colony!

 

[Chase Gamwell]

Hi Chase, thanks for the welcome. Your Space Vikings idea sounds like fun. Good luck with it. If you have been following the BBC series based on Bernard Cornwell's series of novels 'The Last Kingdom' you can get some great ideas for the culture even if it is set in the future and another world. OK they're Danes in the series but the same difference! Regards Fran

Thanks so much for the input. My wife just started watching that show so I'll sit down with her and give it a go!

 

[Jason Byrne]

Hi KG,

I'm an hour north of Toulouse and about two hours south east of Bordeaux. It's mainly fruit that's grown around here though most farmers have their own vineyards and make local wine. It's quiet. I have a neighbour three hundred metres down the road and another three hundred up the road. I love it here in France. I was in Hampshire before that for thirty years and I grew up in Lancashire (Rochdale) so you can guess why I moved to Hampshire! Good luck with your projects. Fran

Ha, you said metres. You wacky rest of the world, and you're not adopting our awesome measurement system.

 

[Jason Byrne]

Hi Jason, I'm not sure you can learn much from me. I'm no expert. But what little experience I have gleaned from this writing lark I am always happy to share. Good luck with your writing. Fran

Well, in any event I am surprised and humbled by your care and attention for each and every member to reply. Most honorable of you, sir.

 

[Richard Sutton]

Late to the table, so my apologies are in order, but please add my voice to your warm welcome!

 

[Fran Connor]

Welcome to the Colony!

Hi Lex, thanks for taking the time to welcome me. I hope I will be able to contribute something useful to the group. Good luck with your projecrts. Fran

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Hello